Re: Some developer FAQ links need updating

OK, new wording:

    <P>There are three versions of the SQL standard:  SQL-92, SQL:1999,
    and SQL:2003.  They are endorsed by ANSI and ISO.  Draft versions
    can be download from:


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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Am Freitag, 15. Oktober 2004 05:24 schrieb Bruce Momjian:
> > I don't think so.  Some database say they are SQL99-compliant while not
> > SQL-2003 compliant.
>
> Clearly, consenting parties are free to agree on making their products conform
> to any standards document, be it old or new or deprecated or silly.  In the
> same way, someone could make a product that is certified for PostgreSQL
> 7.2.1.  Or someone could write an HTML-compliant browser, only that it might
> be HTML 3.2.
>
> Since we have limited resources, I think it's OK that we concentrate on
> working with the latest official standards version.  And because the latest
> standards version is modularized and has individual feature lists and
> packages, it would be a lot easier for us to look good, and it would be more
> useful for users to, say, specify a workable set of requirements for their
> applications.
>
> Nevertheless, it would surely be useful to list SQL92 and SQL99 as older
> versions, just like many people still code to HTML 4.01 instead of XHTML 1.1,
> and just like many people still use PostgreSQL 7.2.1, inspite of it not
> conforming to any standard, as far as I know.
>
> --
> Peter Eisentraut
> http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/
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